In a message dated 8/27/06 10:28:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tomjoannmi@aol.com writes:
<< Took it to a local inspection station for
an alignment and state inspection and was told that they could not
inspect it because it does not have a catalytic converter and the
fender sticker says that it complies with all 1975 emissions standards.
They claim that all cars in 1975 had to have a catalytic converter to
comply. >>
What area of PA are you in? There are varying degrees of emission
inspections, all use the same basic rules but the test procedure varies
depending on
location.
Not all cars had cat converters in the early years, if the car met
hydrocarbon emissions without a cat one was never installed. Infact VW
Rabbits in the
early years had a factory service buliten to poke out the cat converter to
gain power because the car complied with tail pipe emissions sans cat.
Generally the emission sticker will state whet equipment is on the car.
PCV EVAP EGR AIR EFE and so on. If your sticker does not say CAT the car
never came with one.
I have a 1980 Chevy C-30 1 ton truck that never had a cat,fuel fill
restrictor and the gas guage does not say "Unleded Fuel Only".
Harold
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